PITNEY BOWES INC /DE/ — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Mar 24, 2017

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 8, 2017.

PITNEY BOWES INC.

PITNEY BOWES INC. C/O BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS P.O. BOX 1342 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717

| Meeting
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| Meeting Type: | Annual Meeting |
| For holders as of: | March 10, 2017 |
| Date: May 8, 2017 | Time: 9:00 a.m. |

Location:
1800 East Putnam Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870

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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT, ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS,
INCLUDING THE REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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Voting Items

Election of Directors
Nominees:
1a.	Linda G. Alvarado
1b.	Anne M. Busquet
1c.	Roger Fradin
1d.	Anne Sutherland Fuchs
1e.	S. Douglas Hutcheson
1f.	Marc B. Lautenbach
1g.	Eduardo R. Menasc é
1h.	Michael I. Roth
1i.	Linda S. Sanford
1j.	David L. Shedlarz
1k	David B. Snow, Jr.

| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR
proposals 2, 3 and EVERY YEAR for proposal 4. | |
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| 2. | Ratification of the Audit Committee’s Appointment of
the Independent Accountants for 2017. |
| 3. | Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. |
| 4. | Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes
to Approve Executive Compensation. |
| NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof. | |

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